EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s education superintendent has sent an email to public school superintendents requiring them to show students his video announcement of a new Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism within the state Department of Education. Ryan Walters,...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming new book ahead of the pontiff’s jubilee year. It’s the first time that Francis has openly...
Faced with the surging threat of Christian nationalism, The State of Belief this week explores the urgent need for resistance against authoritarian theocracy, focusing on the roles that faith communities, and particularly Christians, can play in defending religious freedom and...
DEARBORN, Mich. (RNS and NPR) — Jumana Judeh understands why so many in her Arab American community voted the way they did in last week’s presidential election, even as she had tried to get them to change their mind, endorsing...
(RNS) — In the last days leading up to the 2024 presidential election, a large swath of American Muslims agreed on one thing: None of the choices for president was a good one. As President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory became...
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (RNS) — On the Sunday after the recent presidential election (Nov. 10), Allen Jackson got up to recognize the many veterans in the congregation and to give thanks for the election results, to applause from many in the...
(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, full moon festivals and more. The post Photos of the Week:...
NEW YORK (RNS) — On a weeknight just half a block from Times Square, theatergoers can watch as Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell Sr. grips his mic for his big solo number, Billy Graham spins into a dance break and...
BALTIMORE (RNS) — After years of complaints that they have ignored Pope Francis’ teachings in their biannual meetings, the U.S. Catholic bishops’ fall meeting this week seemed to make up for lost time, discussing the pope’s 2015 environmental encyclical “Laudato...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The No. 2 officer at the Vatican said that the Holy See is hopeful about working with President-elect Donald Trump’s administration to address peacekeeping options as wars escalate in Europe and beyond. Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s comments...
